NWS

The National Weather Service is confirming a fourth tornado during last weekend's severe winter weather outbreak.It touched down in southwestern Houston County, along Decatur Road, on Sunday afternoon.The EF0 had winds of up to 85 miles-per-hour.

Cleanup efforts are continuing in the Wiregrass town of Geneva, where a confirmed EF-2 tornado touched down on Sunday.The storm with winds of more than 111 mph, tore through the downtown area of Main Street. Nationally, at least thirty deaths have been attributed to the storm.

National Guard units in Alabama and eleven other states have been activated to work with local and state agencies as they respond to this weekend's powerful storm. Hard-hit states are using the National Guard to help clear roads, assist stranded motorists, and provide logistical support

A massive winter storm set the stage for a brutal travel day Sunday, with airlines warning of widespread cancellations and delays at some of the nation's busiest airports. The disappointment of lost flights is being felt in Alabama as well. The website Flightaware says Huntsville International Airport had forty one cancellations as of this morning. Farther south, Birmingham Shuttlesworth International had forty seven.

Alabama Power Company crews are on standby for power outage repairs in north Alabama this weekend.Nearly two thousand utility crews are for deployment to portions of north Alabama this weekend.

An arctic air blast swept south from Canada, spreading into the northern United States. Meanwhile, residents of the Pacific Northwest braced for possible mudslides and levee failures as floodwaters slowly recede. The concern for Alabama and the southeast are brutally cold temperatures tonight and early this week with lows in the mid-teens in some spots.

Huntsville, Dothan, Birmingham, and Garden City in Cullman County spread the word early about the brutal overnight cold. The low temperatures along the Tennessee Valley, over the weekend and into Monday morning, are forecast to be as low as the mid teens. Even the Wiregrass region toward the south was predicted to be in the mid-twenties.

The cities of Montgomery and Birmingham and the Jimmie Hale Mission will have warming stations open night as some of the first blasts of winter weather hit Alabama. Low twenties are in the forecast from the Tennessee Valley to Tuscaloosa and the Magic City. The Gulf coast is expected to be closer to thirty.

A tropical weather system near the Florida Panhandle is showing a moderate chance of becoming a tropical depression. The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday that the system could impact southeastern Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Heavy rain is expected, with New Orleans bracing for up to 10 inches in some areas through Saturday.

The 2025 hurricane season starts this weekend. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say there’s a sixty percent of an above average number of major storms this year. Up to five named hurricanes are expected during the season.